How can knowing where we are from help us determine where we will go? (Day 1) Daily Plans: Monday, 31 August

Happy Monday AVID Family!

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Homework: Revise your notes! Be ready to peer evaluate poems on Thursday!

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Big Idea: Relationships

Essential Question: How can knowing where we are from help us determine where we will go?
Objectives: I can...

...write creatively.
...create a cheat sheet for reading a poem.
...determine the purpose of a poem.
...write a poem about who I am.

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1) Warm Up: Creative Writing (5 min)

1. Read the prompt below and respond in one of the following ways:
1. Argue or agree with the quote. Does poetry make the world more bearable? Why or why not?
2. List what you think makes the world more bearable and why.
3. Draw something that makes your crummy days bearable.
4. Write a poem that makes the world more bearable.

2) Literacy Block: How to Read a Poem:

1.  How to Read a Poem

   

   
   

   1. Before you read: Word Splash! When your teacher says, "We are reading poetry!, what happens in your head?
   2. As you read: 
   1. Look at the text features in the article.
   2. Create a cheat sheet for how to read a poem. (Hint: Use the table of contents and subheadings).
   3. Read "Read with a pencil" and "Examine the basic subject of the poem" while taking notes on what to do as you read a poem.
   4. Skim the rest of the article.

3) Lesson Plan: Where I'm From by George Ella Lyons

1. Getting Ready:
1. Listen to the poem.
2. Partner read the poem annotating as you go.
3. Discuss: What is the purpose of the poem? How does the poet convey her purpose?
4. Watch the video below of another student's version of the poem.
2. Your task:
1. Write your own "Where I'm From" poem by Friday.
1. Today: Prewrite and Draft
2. Tuesday: Finish Draft
3. Thursday: Peer Evaluate
4. Tuesday: Publish and Illustrate, Self-Identity Reading
5. Wednesday: Seminar Prep and Tutorial
6. Thursday: Identity Seminar
7. Friday: Family Day Poetry Readings (small group)
8. Monday: Identity Trees
9. Tuesday: Identity Trees Due
2. Read the rubric here!



Sample from last year

3. Begin the writing process using the sheet from class or the online copy here.

4) Success Workshop: Note Revisions!

1. Take out your notebooks for other classes.
2. Add HOT questions and summaries.
3. Put sticky note tabs by things you need to ask your teacher for help with.
4. Work on homework.

5) Exit Ticket: Study Buddy! (2:45)

1. What class do you need to study for this week?
2. How will you study?
3. Who will help you study?